You should examine your reasons for wanting to change. Perhaps you are ”stressed out, burned out, or just plain bummed out” in the words of Pamela Skillings. If you want to make a more serious reflection, you can get a lot of advice on this in the book Change Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector by Laura Gassner Otting, very American but useful all the same. One piece of advice is join an NGO Board, but make sure you follow the four “Gs”.

Once you have decided, how do you go about it. There are various strategies possible: you can be a “bridger”, a “switcher” or a “slasher” (don’t worry, nothing to do with sharp blades).

We will be regularly posting other links. Let us know if you find something interesting, courses@ngomanager.org, or send us a mail if have any questions (like what are the 4 “Gs”, or what is a “slasher”?).